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An Heiress for August by Kathleen Ayers

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AN HEIRESS FOR AUGUST
By: Kathleen Ayers

Rake Review #8
Author Self-Published
August 2024
On Sale: August 1, 2024
Featuring: August Wade; Hazel Dartmont
204 pages
ISBN: B0DB3S5NQ1
EAN: 9798227528322
Kindle: B0CFNWR7ZV
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Romance Historical

London's most notorious rake needs to wed.
August Wade was never meant to be the Duke of Courtland. Now he's inherited the title from his uncle along with the poorly managed ducal estates. After months of attempting to remedy the situation, August concludes that he must wed an heiress. Specifically, Miss Hazel Dartmont, only child of an obnoxiously wealthy textile merchant. Not only is Miss Dartmont wealthy, but she is several years on the shelf and far beneath him socially. She will be thrilled to draw the attention of a duke. Desperate, even.

Miss Hazel Dartmont is an expert at avoiding marriage.
Hazel only accepted the invitation to Lady Talbot's house party to escape London and the attentions of an overly amorous gentleman. As a wealthy heiress, albeit one with a pedigree most of society turns their noses up at, Hazel is accustomed to being targeted by every desperate dandy in London. Now well past marriageable age, Hazel delights in her independence and has no intention of ever taking a husband.
Not even the rakish Duke of Courtland can change her mind.

 

An Heiress for August is book 8 in the multi-author series The Rake Review. If you enjoy watching some of London's most notorious scoundrels getting raked over the coals, then be sure to collect all twelve bachelors in The Rake Review!

Rake Review

The Scot Who Made June Hot
THE SCOT WHO MADE JUNE HOT
#6.0 • June 2024
A Scandal In July
A SCANDAL IN JULY
#7.0 • July 2024
An Heiress for August
AN HEIRESS FOR AUGUST
#8.0 • August 2024
The Hunt for Mr. October
THE HUNT FOR MR. OCTOBER
#12.0 • October 2024

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